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Page 77
... Wealth By the thirteenth century much of Castilian society had formed a distinctive set of values regarding wealth and economic activity . The land of Old Castile was poor and unproductive . Insecurity and inter- mittent warfare had ...
... Wealth By the thirteenth century much of Castilian society had formed a distinctive set of values regarding wealth and economic activity . The land of Old Castile was poor and unproductive . Insecurity and inter- mittent warfare had ...
Page 104
... wealthy merchants and financiers bought country estates . The urban patriciate or upper class were for the most part ... wealth such categories might overlap with the artistas ( professional men and skilled workers ) , below whom were ...
... wealthy merchants and financiers bought country estates . The urban patriciate or upper class were for the most part ... wealth such categories might overlap with the artistas ( professional men and skilled workers ) , below whom were ...
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... wealth did not mean that the shrinking economy would bring a decline in their numbers . Instead , a quasi - monopoly of the sources of true wealth enabled more and more of the middle - rank to rise . The 41 families of grandes that were ...
... wealth did not mean that the shrinking economy would bring a decline in their numbers . Instead , a quasi - monopoly of the sources of true wealth enabled more and more of the middle - rank to rise . The 41 families of grandes that were ...
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2 AlAndalus | 14 |
3 The Early Christian Principalities and | 31 |
Origins of the Kingdom of Asturias 32 Formation of the Pyrenean | 47 |
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